Sunday, August 12, 2012

As some of you may remember, last year I flew to LA for a
month to help produce a television pilot for a show called “Time Machine
Chefs.”

Well, I’m thrilled to announce that it’s going to air Thursday night on
ABC! I believe it’s on at 9 PM, but as they always say, check your local
listings.

Below you’ll see a trailer to get a little taste of this
very unique cooking competition. Basically, four star chefs head back in time
and are expected to create world class cuisine using only food and equipment
available then.Come on, how are you not going to watch that? You’re going to
watch, right? I promised them like half a million viewers, so it’s time to
rally, people! Enjoy!

I love how interesting it is to learn how cooking technologies have changed. This is an aspect of history that is rarely mentioned. This being said, I find it that they make such an over-dramatization of the everything that makes me doubt if it will succeed. The (visually cheesy) time machine fridge, poor special effects, over dramatization of unnecessary comments like the one from the judge. It bugs me that those aspects distract from the main challenge. I may be wrong. What do you think?

Love your recipes, your videos, your jokes, your blog. I respect you greatly as a chef and as a teacher.

But does the world really need yet another cooking competition show? Iron Chef was amusing and sometimes even riveting in the original Japanese version, the American version less so, sustained largely by Alton Brown's sometimes witty and always intelligent commentary.

The rest of them. . . meh.

I really don't understand this propensity to turn every human activity, especially one so sublime as cooking, into some form of "battle to the death." Don't we have enough conflict in life already?

I never argue personal taste, but when it comes to artistic content like music, art, entertainment, etc. the world never "needs" any of it. It just happens because people need to try different variations of everything, all the time. That's how we operate.

Also, I was asked to come down to help produce, so I don't want to take credit for the idea, although I love the concept of the historical challenges, and I think the show is very entertaining if seen in it's entirety.

Good Lord! I decided against the restaurant industry after graduating from CS because I didn't think I could handle being constantly berated by head/sous chefs. But a bitchy, gay head chef? That might've been worth it... ;)

I watched the show and thought it was great! Well maybe the cheesy dialogue could be a little better, but I love the concept and creativity. Do you know if there will be future episodes? I'd love to see more!!